Hotel-Motel La Grande
Travel Blogs from Radisson
A change of destination
Tuesday 02 August 2011. As forecast we woke to heavy skies and pouring rain. Just after getting up at 0730 the power went out. Fortunately we had our wind-up torches, thanks Jane, and these provided sufficient light to shower by. It transpired that a tree had fallen across the power cables behind the hotel and shorted out a transformer. A guest happened to view the event and reported it to the front desk. The Hydro crew were soon on the scene but it was reported to ...
Cold Water
... followed us over the ten Km of gravel road to the shore of James Bay, where we met up with the two bikers from Toronto. The photographers took hundreds of pictures, and had us sign release forms so maybe someday we'll be in a magazine or brochure. We stood with our feet in the water and celebrated the success of our day. We had accomplished our goal of riding to James Bay. The photographers were kind enough to use our cameras to take ...
Almost There
We were up early and found the tents dried very quickly. We talked to a number of regular travelers through this area and they said that the showers in the residence building are much better than those open to the general public so we took his advice and it was true.
We rode north on the James Bay road and found it was made for motorcycles as it was smooth and the series of turns was terrific. As John was ...
